NORTHAMPTON – Hampshire Superior Court Judge Bertha Josephson denied the release of passports to a former Mount Holyoke College student and her boyfriend at a bail review hearing Tuesday in court.

Former Mount Holyoke student Mengwen Liu, 19, and her boyfriend, Yi Liu, 21, of Los Angeles, both pleaded innocent to charges of larceny over $250, identity fraud and improper use of a credit card over $250 in Eastern Hampshire District Court in Belchertown where they were arraigned last month on charges stemming from the reported theft of nearly $10,000 from three college students.

The two have been released on $1,000 bail and the surrender of the passports.